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A reader says: Hi John, I was sorry to read about the loss of Kato the K-9 officer. I thought it might be a good time to let the people of the county know about how much it costs to get a dog like Kato. Also information on how the dog continues their training with their officer partner as well as …

A Sheriff’s dog was euthanized today due to medical reasons. Kato had been with the La Paz County Sheriff’s Department since 2009, with prior service in the Parker Police Department. Kato was a dual-purpose K-9 who was involved in numerous drug seizures and arrests. The Sheriff’s Office called him a “warrior”, saying that he was regularly willing to risk his …

8:00pm– Buckskin Fire reports an accident at Riverside Drive and Golf Course Drive north of Parker. Some areas may be experiencing a power outage as power lines are down. 6/25 9am– Some areas have been intermittently without power as APS restores service to those areas, including Marina Manor and Marina Manor Annex. 10am– APS says power restored.

Thursday night, Randy Hartless hosted his last mixer as Director of the Parker Area Chamber of Commerce. Members of the Chamber Board were present to thank him for his years of service. The mixer was at Bradley Chevrolet and catered by Cyber D’Lites. Hartless has gone on to work as a program co-ordinator for the Parker Area Alliance for Community …

The Arizona Department of Transportation will be paving State Route 95 north of Parker from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday (June 23) and Sunday (June 24). Workers will be intermittently stopping traffic in the work zone during work hours. Drivers should allow extra travel time between Parker and Lake Havasu. What to expect this weekend during work hours: Drivers …

It was Quartzsite Councilman-elect Mark Orgeron versus the incumbents in what may be a case of ‘first impression’ as the two battled in federal court Tuesday. The fight is over an emergency injunction to give Orgeron a seat on the Quartzsite Town Council, to which he was elected in May. One thing seems certain: nothing here is going to be …

The La Paz County Attorney has confirmed that the City of Phoenix has declined to prosecute Quartzsite Town Attorney Martin Brannan in relation to the accusation that he assaulted Mayor Jose Lizarraga at a Town Council meeting. Any further questions should be directed to the City of Phoenix Prosecutors Office.

The La Paz County Attorney’s Office has issued a press release saying County Attorney Sam Vederman had “no choice but to intervene in Quartzsite” in the interests of implementing the will of the town’s voters. The press release refers to a quo warranto complaint filed in court by Vederman, on which this website reported earlier today. In it, he cites the intent of …

La Paz County Attorney Sam Vederman has filed a rare quo warranto (“by what authority”) complaint asking for an order from the Superior Court to immediately place Ed Foster and Mark Orgeron into office as Mayor and Council Member of the Town of Quartzsite, taking the places of Jose Lizarraga and Barbara Cowell who lost the election to Foster and …

La Paz County Recorder Shelly Baker, in a segment on Parker’s KLPZ 1380am radio this morning, said the claim that the records of deceased people were used to commit voter fraud in the recent Quartzsite election is an “urban legend”. A news story in the Arizona Republic quotes Quartzsite Vice Mayor Barbara Cowell as saying that “something is not right” …